Ontarios best Bass and Pike fishing. Second to no one! Shoal Lake Lodge is a 4 year old camp located on a beautiful island in the center of the lake. 80000 acres of fish filled water and we are the only lodge on Shoal Lake. All Log cottages and lodge and new equipment.

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Shoal Lake offers what others can only imagine. Our specialty is Northern Pike and Small and Largemouth Bass fishing. Northern Pike fishing is simply fabulous both in number and size. Large weed beds teeming with bait fish hold Northern's. Casting over and around these beds with spinnerbaits or rapalas not only yield large numbers of pike but large individual fish. Shoal Lake is rated by Ontario out of Doors as the #1 drive to pike lake in Ontario (May 2001 issue).

Smallmouth Bass is considered second to none in Shoal Lake. It is rated by others to be possibly the best Smallmouth Bass Lake in Northwestern Ontario. The many reefs, shoals and rocky shorelines are littered with smallies waiting to do battle. Throw on bonus whitefish, perch, crappies and the odd muskie and you have a superb angling adventure.

Shoal Lake is managed as a high quality bass fishery. To keep it as a true world class lake we practice a strict catch and release policy on small and largemouth bass.

Lake of the Woods has over 100 Lodges and Resorts. Shoal Lake has one. Us! Shoal Lake is a large clear island studded Lake extending from Lake of the Woods via Ash Rapids and Labryth Bay to the North West. It is approximately 18 miles in a North/South direction by 25 miles in an East/West direction. The Southwest portion is open water but the rest of the lake is studded with hundreds of islands and even more shoals (it's called Shoal Lake for a reason).

75,000 acres of clean clear water with countless miles of shoreline and hundreds of islands and even more rock shoals are the perfect bass mix.

30 to 50fish days are common with 100 fish days possible. A good mix of small to large fish with the majority in the 2 to 3 pound class. The main forage for the smallmouth bass here on Shoal Lake are crayfish, smelts and minnows.

Starting in May when water reaches the mid 40? F range fish begin to move shallow. Bass begin to build nests when water reaches about 55?? F in 2 to 10 feet of water. Spawning occurs at approximately 57? F to 65? F. Male Bass guard the nests then the females move on. In summer fish hang out on rock piles and points. Once fall arrives and the water cools fish slowly move deeper so expect to have to fish 15' - 20?' deep or more to catch good numbers of fat, large Bass.

Due to the clear water small test line on light outfits works best. Most fishermen use 8 pound test line or lighter on a light to medium action rod. Bait choices vary from spinner baits to minnow bait or crank baits to top water lures such as Walters or Poppers. Plastic baits are a top choice also with tube jigs, senko's or flulas being the most used.

Shoal Lake has an outstanding Bass population. In order to keep it World Class our Camp has adopted a catch & release rule on ALL Bass. Fishing will be as good in the future as today. The thrill is on the catching!

If you like Bass Fishing you will love Shoal Lake . Also don't forget we also have a few large mouth bass too!

Shoal Lake has 75,000 acres of great Northern Pike habitat. Extensive week beds, flats and endless rock shoals and unlimited structure all hold pike. We have both a quantity and quality fishery with not only great numbers but also plenty of healthy large fish.

Cool clear water, lots of baitfish such as perch, tulibees an smelt combined with very limited fishing pressure all lead to an excellent Northern Pike lake. 30 to 50 fish days are the norm with 100 fish/boat days happening often when conditions are right.

The Pike spawn when the water temperature reaches 40? F to 45? F. Early fishing is done with minnow baits, spoons etc. on the mouths of spawning bays or on weed flats. As the water warms to 55? F to 65? F. this is the post spawn. Large and small fish can still be caught fairly shallow.

As the summer comes on and water temperatures rises into the 60? F range the big pike move out to the main lake body. We had excellent fishing throughout the summer fishing over deep water. Trolling large crank baits produces good numbers of large Northern's at a time when most lakes big pike are hard to locate.

In late summer into fall as water temperatures falls to 65? F and down to 55? F pike feed heavily before the cold water ice up. Many of our guests have commented on how fat and healthy Shoal Lake pike are!